An IXPE-Led X-ray Spectro-Polarimetric Campaign on the Soft State of Cygnus X-1: X-ray Polarimetric Evidence for Strong Gravitational Lensing

Autor: Steiner, James F., Nathan, Edward, Hu, Kun, Krawczynski, Henric, Dovciak, Michal, Veledina, Alexandra, Muleri, Fabio, Svoboda, Jiri, Alabarta, Kevin, Parra, Maxime, Bhargava, Yash, Matt, Giorgio, Poutanen, Juri, Petrucci, Pierre-Olivier, Tennant, Allyn F., Baglio, M. Cristina, Baldini, Luca, Barnier, Samuel, Bhattacharyya, Sudip, Bianchi, Stefano, Brigitte, Maimouna, Cabezas, Mauricio, Cangemi, Floriane, Capitanio, Fiamma, Casey, Jacob, Cavero, Nicole Rodriguez, Castellano, Simone, Cavazzuti, Elisabetta, Chun, Sohee, Churazov, Eugene, Costa, Enrico, Di Lalla, Niccolo, Di Marco, Alessandro, Egron, Elise, Ewing, Melissa, Fabiani, Sergio, Garcia, Javier A., Green, David A., Grinberg, Victoria, Hadrava, Petr, Ingram, Adam, Kaaret, Philip, Kislat, Fabian, Kitaguchi, Takao, Kravtsov, Vadim, Kubatova, Brankica, La Monaca, Fabio, Latronico, Luca, Loktev, Vladislav, Malacaria, Christian, Marin, Frederic, Marinucci, Andrea, Maryeva, Olga, Mastroserio, Guglielmo, Mizuno, Tsunefumi, Negro, Michela, Omodei, Nicola, Podgorny, Jakub, Rankin, John, Ratheesh, Ajay, Rhodes, Lauren, Russell, David M., Slechta, Miroslav, Soffitta, Paolo, Spooner, Sean, Suleimanov, Valery, Tombesi, Francesco, Trushkin, Sergei A., Weisskopf, Martin C., Zane, Silvia, Zdziarski, Andrzej A., Zhang, Sixuan, Zhang, Wenda, Zhou, Menglei, Agudo, Ivan, Antonelli, Lucio A., Bachetti, Matteo, Baumgartner, Wayne H., Bellazzini, Ronaldo, Bongiorno, Stephen D., Bonino, Raffaella, Brez, Alessandro, Bucciantini, Niccolo, Chen, Chien-Ting, Ciprini, Stefano, De Rosa, Alessandra, Del Monte, Ettore, Di Gesu, Laura, Donnarumma, Immacolata, Doroshenko, Victor, Ehlert, Steven R., Enoto, Teruaki, Evangelista, Yuri, Ferrazzoli, Riccardo, Gunji, Shuichi, Hayashida, Kiyoshi, Heyl, Jeremy, Iwakiri, Wataru, Jorstad, Svetlana G., Karas, Vladimir, Kolodziejczak, Jeffery J., Liodakis, Ioannis, Maldera, Simone, Manfreda, Alberto, Marscher, Alan P., Marshall, Herman L., Massaro, Francesco, Mitsuishi, Ikuyuki, Ng, Chi-Yung, O'Dell, Stephen L., Oppedisano, Chiara, Papitto, Alessandro, Pavlov, George G., Peirson, Abel L., Perri, Matteo, Pesce-Rollins, Melissa, Pilia, Maura, Possenti, Andrea, Puccetti, Simonetta, Ramsey, Brian D., Roberts, Oliver J., Romani, Roger W., Sgro, Carmelo, Slane, Patrick, Spandre, Gloria, Swartz, Douglas A., Tamagawa, Toru, Tavecchio, Fabrizio, Taverna, Roberto, Tawara, Yuzuru, Thomas, Nicholas E., Trois, Alessio, Tsygankov, Sergey S., Turolla, Roberto, Vink, Jacco, Wu, Kinwah, Xie, Fei

We present the first X-ray spectropolarimetric results for Cygnus X-1 in its soft state from a campaign of five IXPE observations conducted during 2023 May-June. Companion multiwavelength data during the campaign are likewise shown. The 2-8 keV X-ray

Externí odkaz: http://arxiv.org/abs/2406.12014

Dramatic Drop in the X-Ray Polarization of Swift J1727.8$-$1613 in the Soft Spectral State

Autor: Svoboda, Jiří, Dovčiak, Michal, Steiner, James F., Kaaret, Philip, Podgorný, Jakub, Poutanen, Juri, Veledina, Alexandra, Muleri, Fabio, Taverna, Roberto, Krawczynski, Henric, Brigitte, Maïmouna, Datta, Sudeb Ranjan, Bianchi, Stefano, Segura, Noel Castro, García, Javier A., Ingram, Adam, Matt, Giorgio, Muñoz-Darias, Teo, Nathan, Edward, Weisskopf, Martin C., Altamirano, Diego, Baldini, Luca, Bollemeijer, Niek, Capitanio, Fiamma, Egron, Elise, Emami, Razieh, Hu, Kun, Marra, Lorenzo, Mastroserio, Guglielmo, Negro, Michela, Petrucci, Pierre-Olivier, Ratheesh, Ajay, Cavero, Nicole Rodriguez, Soffitta, Paolo, Tombesi, Francesco, Yang, Yi-Jung, Zhang, Yuexin

Publikováno v: The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 2024, 966, L35

Black-hole X-ray binaries exhibit different spectral and timing properties in different accretion states. The X-ray outburst of a recently discovered and extraordinarily bright source, Swift$~$J1727.8$-$1613, has enabled the first investigation of ho

Externí odkaz: http://arxiv.org/abs/2403.04689

Study of solar brightness profiles in the 18-26 GHz frequency range with INAF radio telescopes I: solar radius

Autor: Marongiu, M., Pellizzoni, A., Mulas, S., Righini, S., Nesti, R., Murtas, G., Egron, E., Iacolina, M. N., Melis, A., Valente, G., Serra, G., Guglielmino, S. L., Zanichelli, A., Romano, P., Loru, S., Bachetti, M., Bemporad, A., Buffa, F., Concu, R., Deiana, G. L., Karakotia, C., Ladu, A., Maccaferri, A., Marongiu, P., Messerotti, M., Navarrini, A., Orfei, A., Ortu, P., Pili, M., Pisanu, T., Pupillo, G., Saba, A., Schirru, L., Tiburzi, C., Zucca, P.

The Sun is an extraordinary workbench, from which several fundamental astronomical parameters can be measured with high precision. Among these parameters, the solar radius $R_{\odot}$ plays an important role in several aspects, such as in evolutionar

Externí odkaz: http://arxiv.org/abs/2401.13198

Tracking the X-ray Polarization of the Black Hole Transient Swift J1727.8-1613 during a State Transition

Autor: Ingram, Adam, Bollemeijer, Niek, Veledina, Alexandra, Dovciak, Michal, Poutanen, Juri, Egron, Elise, Russell, Thomas D., Trushkin, Sergei A., Negro, Michela, Ratheesh, Ajay, Capitanio, Fiamma, Connors, Riley, Neilsen, Joseph, Kraus, Alexander, Iacolina, Maria Noemi, Pellizzoni, Alberto, Pilia, Maura, Carotenuto, Francesco, Matt, Giorgio, Mastroserio, Guglielmo, Kaaret, Philip, Bianchi, Stefano, Garcia, Javier A., Bachetti, Matteo, Wu, Kinwah, Costa, Enrico, Ewing, Melissa, Kravtsov, Vadim, Krawczynski, Henric, Loktev, Vladislav, Marinucci, Andrea, Marra, Lorenzo, Mikusincova, Romana, Nathan, Edward, Parra, Maxime, Petrucci, Pierre-Olivier, Righini, Simona, Soffitta, Paolo, Steiner, James F., Svoboda, Jiri, Tombesi, Francesco, Tugliani, Stefano, Ursini, Francesco, Yang, Yi-Jung, Zane, Silvia, Zhang, Wenda, Agudo, Ivan, Antonelli, Lucio A., Baldini, Luca, Baumgartner, Wayne H., Bellazzini, Ronaldo, Bongiorno, Stephen D., Bonino, Raffaella, Brez, Alessandro, Bucciantini, Niccolo, Castellano, Simone, Cavazzuti, Elisabetta, Chen, Chien-Ting, Ciprini, Stefano, De Rosa, Alessandra, Del Monte, Ettore, Di Gesu, Laura, Di Lalla, Niccolo, Di Marco, Alessandro, Donnarumma, Immacolata, Doroshenko, Victor, Ehlert, Steven R., Enoto, Teruaki, Evangelista, Yuri, Fabiani, Sergio, Ferrazzoli, Riccardo, Gunji, Shuichi, Hayashida, Kiyoshi, Heyl, Jeremy, Iwakiri, Wataru, Jorstad, Svetlana G., Karas, Vladimir, Kislat, Fabian, Kitaguchi, Takao, Kolodziejczak, Jeffery J., La Monaca, Fabio, Latronico, Luca, Liodakis, Ioannis, Maldera, Simone, Manfreda, Alberto, Marin, Frederic, Marscher, Alan P., Marshall, Herman L., Massaro, Francesco, Mitsuishi, Ikuyuki, Mizuno, Tsunefumi, Muleri, Fabio, Ng, Chi-Yung, O'Dell, Stephen L., Omodei, Nicola, Oppedisano, Chiara, Papitto, Alessandro, Pavlov, George G., Peirson, Abel L., Perri, Matteo, Pesce-Rollins, Melissa, Possenti, Andrea, Puccetti, Simonetta, Ramsey, Brian D., Rankin, John, Roberts, Oliver J., Romani, Roger W., Sgro, Carmelo, Slane, Patrick, Spandre, Gloria, Swartz, Douglas A., Tamagawa, Toru, Tavecchio, Fabrizio, Taverna, Roberto, Tawara, Yuzuru, Tennant, Allyn F., Thomas, Nicholas E., Trois, Alessio, Tsygankov, Sergey S., Turolla, Roberto, Vink, Jacco, Weisskopf, Martin C., Xie, Fei

We report on an observational campaign on the bright black hole X-ray binary Swift J1727.8$-$1613 centered around five observations by the Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE). These observations track for the first time the evolution of the X-r

Externí odkaz: http://arxiv.org/abs/2311.05497

Discovery of X-ray Polarization from the Black Hole Transient Swift J1727.8-1613

Autor: Veledina, Alexandra, Muleri, Fabio, Dovciak, Michal, Poutanen, Juri, Ratheesh, Ajay, Capitanio, Fiamma, Matt, Giorgio, Soffitta, Paolo, Tennant, Allyn F., Negro, Michela, Kaaret, Philip, Costa, Enrico, Ingram, Adam, Svoboda, Jiri, Krawczynski, Henric, Bianchi, Stefano, Steiner, James F., Garcia, Javier A., Kravtsov, Vadim, Nitindala, Anagha P., Ewing, Melissa, Mastroserio, Guglielmo, Marinucci, Andrea, Ursini, Francesco, Tombesi, Francesco, Tsygankov, Sergey S., Yang, Yi-Jung, Weisskopf, Martin C., Trushkin, Sergei A., Egron, Elise, Iacolina, Maria Noemi, Pilia, Maura, Marra, Lorenzo, Mikusincova, Romana, Nathan, Edward, Parra, Maxime, Petrucci, Pierre-Olivier, Podgorny, Jakub, Tugliani, Stefano, Zane, Silvia, Zhang, Wenda, Agudo, Ivan, Antonelli, Lucio A., Bachetti, Matteo, Baldini, Luca, Baumgartner, Wayne H., Bellazzini, Ronaldo, Bongiorno, Stephen D., Bonino, Raffaella, Brez, Alessandro, Bucciantini, Niccolo, Castellano, Simone, Cavazzuti, Elisabetta, Chen, Chien-Ting, Ciprini, Stefano, De Rosa, Alessandra, Del Monte, Ettore, Di Gesu, Laura, Di Lalla, Niccolo, Di Marco, Alessandro, Donnarumma, Immacolata, Doroshenko, Victor, Ehlert, Steven R., Enoto, Teruaki, Evangelista, Yuri, Fabiani, Sergio, Ferrazzoli, Riccardo, Gunji, Shuichi, Hayashida, Kiyoshi, Heyl, Jeremy, Iwakiri, Wataru, Jorstad, Svetlana G., Karas, Vladimir, Kislat, Fabian, Kitaguchi, Takao, Kolodziejczak, Jeffery J., La Monaca, Fabio, Latronico, Luca, Liodakis, Ioannis, Maldera, Simone, Manfreda, Alberto, Marin, Frederic, Marscher, Alan P., Marshall, Herman L., Massaro, Francesco, Mitsuishi, Ikuyuki, Mizuno, Tsunefumi, Ng, Chi-Yung, O'Dell, Stephen L., Omodei, Nicola, Oppedisano, Chiara, Papitto, Alessandro, Pavlov, George G., Peirson, Abel L., Perri, Matteo, Pesce-Rollins, Melissa, Possenti, Andrea, Puccetti, Simonetta, Ramsey, Brian D., Rankin, John, Roberts, Oliver J., Romani, Roger W., Sgro, Carmelo, Slane, Patrick, Spandre, Gloria, Swartz, Douglas A., Tamagawa, Toru, Tavecchio, Fabrizio, Taverna, Roberto, Tawara, Yuzuru, Thomas, Nicholas E., Trois, Alessio, Turolla, Roberto, Vink, Jacco, Wu, Kinwah, Xie, Fei

We report the first detection of the X-ray polarization of the bright transient Swift J1727.8-1613 with the Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer. The observation was performed at the beginning of the 2023 discovery outburst, when the source resided in

Externí odkaz: http://arxiv.org/abs/2309.15928